Country Reports1
Belgium
Hakim Boularbah and Maria-Clara Van den Bossche
Case law
Brussels Court of Appeal's judgment of 14 April 2021, Belgian Consumer Ombudsman Service v. six energy suppliers (2019/AR/1763)
Since the entry into force of the class action regime in the Belgian legal order in September 2014, 10 class actions have been instigated. Nine of the 10 actions were brought by Test Achats, the main Belgian consumer protection organization.
The other class action – which is discussed here – was filed by the Belgian Consumer Ombudsman Service ("COS"), an autonomous public service under Belgian law, against six energy companies that supply electricity and natural gas to consumers in Belgium. The COS' claims related to fixed fees that the energy companies allegedly continue to charge to consumers when energy contracts are terminated early.
The Belgian class ac...
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